diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfigKeys.java
index 53cb57c6bf5..c1e04972a6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/CBlockConfigKeys.java
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ public final class CBlockConfigKeys {
       NORM_PRIORITY;
 
   /**
-   * Block Buffer size in 1024 entries, 128 means 128 * 1024 blockIDs.
+   * Block Buffer size in terms of blockID entries, 512 means 512 blockIDs.
    */
   public static final String DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE =
       "dfs.cblock.cache.block.buffer.size";
-  public static final int DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 128;
+  public static final int DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 512;
 
   private CBlockConfigKeys() {
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/CBlockTargetMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/CBlockTargetMetrics.java
index 911486f1a3c..739346397bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/CBlockTargetMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/CBlockTargetMetrics.java
@@ -34,20 +34,22 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.MutableRate;
  * as well as the latency time of read and write ops.
  */
 public class CBlockTargetMetrics {
+  // Counter based Metrics
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numReadOps;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numWriteOps;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numReadCacheHits;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numReadCacheMiss;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numReadLostBlocks;
+  @Metric private MutableCounterLong numBlockBufferFlush;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numDirectBlockWrites;
   @Metric private MutableCounterLong numFailedDirectBlockWrites;
 
+  // Latency based Metrics
   @Metric private MutableRate dbReadLatency;
   @Metric private MutableRate containerReadLatency;
-
   @Metric private MutableRate dbWriteLatency;
   @Metric private MutableRate containerWriteLatency;
-
+  @Metric private MutableRate blockBufferFlushLatency;
   @Metric private MutableRate directBlockWriteLatency;
 
   public CBlockTargetMetrics() {
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ public class CBlockTargetMetrics {
     numFailedDirectBlockWrites.incr();
   }
 
+  public void incNumBlockBufferFlush() {
+    numBlockBufferFlush.incr();
+  }
+
   public void updateDBReadLatency(long latency) {
     dbReadLatency.add(latency);
   }
@@ -108,6 +114,10 @@ public class CBlockTargetMetrics {
     directBlockWriteLatency.add(latency);
   }
 
+  public void updateBlockBufferFlushLatency(long latency) {
+    blockBufferFlushLatency.add(latency);
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   public long getNumReadOps() {
     return numReadOps.value();
@@ -142,4 +152,9 @@ public class CBlockTargetMetrics {
   public long getNumFailedDirectBlockWrites() {
     return numFailedDirectBlockWrites.value();
   }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public long getNumBlockBufferFlush() {
+    return numBlockBufferFlush.value();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/ContainerCacheFlusher.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/ContainerCacheFlusher.java
index 9aa6f17025c..99f9ed4feae 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/ContainerCacheFlusher.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/ContainerCacheFlusher.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class ContainerCacheFlusher implements Runnable {
     int threadPri = config.getInt(DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_THREAD_PRIORITY,
         DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
     int blockBufferSize = config.getInt(DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE,
-        DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT) * 1024;
+        DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT) * (Long.SIZE / Byte.SIZE);
 
     LOG.info("Cache: Core Pool Size: {}", corePoolSize);
     LOG.info("Cache: Keep Alive: {}", keepAlive);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/cache/impl/AsyncBlockWriter.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/cache/impl/AsyncBlockWriter.java
index 1aee0a796a0..2edaf331436 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/cache/impl/AsyncBlockWriter.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/jscsiHelper/cache/impl/AsyncBlockWriter.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class AsyncBlockWriter {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(cache.getCacheDB(), "DB cannot be null.");
     localIoCount = new AtomicLong();
     blockBufferSize = config.getInt(DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE,
-        DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT) * 1024;
+        DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT) * (Long.SIZE / Byte.SIZE);
     LOG.info("Cache: Block Size: {}", blockBufferSize);
     lock = new ReentrantLock();
     notEmpty = lock.newCondition();
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ public class AsyncBlockWriter {
         parentCache.getTracer().info(
             "Task=DirtyBlockLogWrite,Time={}", endTime - startTime);
       }
+      parentCache.getTargetMetrics().incNumBlockBufferFlush();
+      parentCache.getTargetMetrics()
+          .updateBlockBufferFlushLatency(endTime - startTime);
     }
     blockIDBuffer.putLong(block.getBlockID());
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/TestLocalBlockCache.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/TestLocalBlockCache.java
index 02aef137cc4..77cbfedaa64 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/TestLocalBlockCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/cblock/TestLocalBlockCache.java
@@ -55,9 +55,16 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import static java.lang.Math.abs;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.DFS_CBLOCK_DISK_CACHE_PATH_KEY;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.DFS_CBLOCK_ENABLE_SHORT_CIRCUIT_IO;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.DFS_CBLOCK_TRACE_IO;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.
+    DFS_CBLOCK_DISK_CACHE_PATH_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.
+    DFS_CBLOCK_ENABLE_SHORT_CIRCUIT_IO;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys.
+    DFS_CBLOCK_TRACE_IO;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys
+    .DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.cblock.CBlockConfigKeys
+    .DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
 /**
  * Tests for Tests for local cache.
@@ -231,6 +238,10 @@ public class TestLocalBlockCache {
     long endTime = Time.monotonicNow();
     LOG.info("Time taken for writing {} blocks is {} seconds", totalBlocks,
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(endTime - startTime));
+    long blockBufferSize = config.getInt(DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE,
+        DFS_CBLOCK_CACHE_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    Assert.assertEquals(metrics.getNumWriteOps() / blockBufferSize,
+        metrics.getNumBlockBufferFlush());
     // TODO: Read this data back.
     cache.close();
   }